thanks Sudheesh, it's appreciated. On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Sudheesh Katkam <[email protected]> wrote:
> See inline. > > > On Jul 16, 2015, at 4:36 AM, Stefán Baxter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a few questions regarding the rest API. > > > > - Is it possible that the rest api (query.json) should return numeric > > values as strings? > > There is a ticket for this: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-2373 < > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-2373> > > > - count(*) being an example of that > > - calls for conversion on the browser side > > - I find no obvious setting for this > > > > - Is there any other serialization/encoding available apart from JSON? > > (like Protobuff) > > Not currently. > > > - naming the REST endpoint after a serialization may be a hint here > > > > - Is it possible to use gzipped response to minimize the total delivery > > time? > > That could be an enhancement. > > > > > I'm using this interface instead of the JDBC driver and would like to do > > everything needed to speed it up. > > AFAIK, there is not much you can to to speed REST API up. > Just in case, here’s a link on how to use Drill using ODBC: > https://www.mapr.com/blog/using-drill-programmatically-python-r-and-perl < > https://www.mapr.com/blog/using-drill-programmatically-python-r-and-perl> > > > Regards, > > -Stefan > > > Thank you, > Sudheesh
